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A Good News and Some Happy Thoughts

Remember the last graduate in our family? She eventually landed a job at a bank and has recently been regularized. She was ecstatic while telling us the good news. We’re just so happy for her (and we can’t wait for her blowout)! Haha.

It feels good that all my three siblings are now working and making money. It feels good, too, that they’re now all stable in their respective jobs. Our parents must be very happy right now knowing that all their children are now earning a living and trying to be responsible members of society.

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Just Another Job Interview

Once again, I tried my luck in a job interview. It’s the same company, the one that has rejected me for a few times already. But who am I to turn down an opportunity like that? Who knows what the future may bring this time around, right? And so armed with my ever-reliable interview attire (a skirtsuit), I showed up on the scheduled date and did my best.

If there’s one thing I like about interviews, it would be the flicker of hope it evokes. Once again, I had mixed feelings over it. I felt happy, giddy, excited, nervous, anxious, and afraid all at the same time. At one point, I even wanted to buy padron cigars to calm my nerves. I said to myself that I won’t expect anything, I’ll just see what happens, when it happens.

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Patience is a Virtue

Just because it hasn’t come yet doesn’t mean you have to lose hope and give up on your dream. This is what I have been constantly telling myself the past few days. I’ve been waiting for something and right now I find ‘waiting’ a bit unbearable already. My family and friends say I should never surrender. A new friend tells me exactly the same thing. She’s been an inspiration and an encouraging force to me since Day 1.

It’s been a month since that fateful day. I was only armed with a pinch of confidence and an ounce of dogged determination. I was only strengthened by good intentions and a pure heart. In the beginning, I was a little nervous but eventually I took control of things. Or so I thought.

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New Year, New Beginning

My family and I celebrated New Year’s Day in our Cavite home. It was our first time to do that and we were so happy and thankful. We are all optimistic about the new year. Our 2010 has been very fruitful and we hope that 2011 will be better.

I don’t have a list of New Year’s resolutions but there are a few things which I’d like to focus on this year. Primary among them is my weight. I need to lose weight because I’m already bordering on obesity. I mean, seriously. I’m at 140 lbs. now. I gained 20 unwanted pounds during the last three months, imagine that! I need to figure out how to lose these excess pounds lest I get paranoid and depressed and sickly all the time.

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Looking Forward to December 9

December 9 (tomorrow) is judgment day, for me at least. I dunno what will happen on this day but I’m hoping the results will be for my greater benefit. I know I have asked God for many things already and He gave them all to me. But this is one thing that I really, really want to have. And it’s not just for myself, but for my loved ones as well. We will all benefit from this.

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Another Job Opportunity, Another Stake at Career Growth

When I got invited for employment testing at some big organization two months ago, I got very ecstatic and overly excited. I prepared for it the best I could. When the date of the interview came, I gave it my best shot. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it. Either I wasn’t the best among the short-listed candidates or it was just fate playing on me.

They say when a door closes, a window opens. Last Saturday (Bonifacio Day), another job opportunity from another big organization presented itself through an email. After months of applying online, they noticed me. This time around, I’m doubling my efforts to get hired. The selection process for this one is more challenging but I don’t care. I’m not taking no for an answer. I’m giving it my 100%. Only I don’t know where to start the preparations. I am scheduled for employment testing next week.

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